The Clinical Intern provides direct patient care, including hygiene, nutrition, and physical activity assistance under the supervision of a licensed nurse. They perform technical nursing interventions such as wound care, injections, and patient assessments while documenting all activities in medical records.
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General Summary Under the general supervision of a licensed nurse, the Clinical Intern performs various duties in the treatment and care of patients.
Essential
Provides direct patient care with regard to their age and developmental needs, and assists patients in activities of daily living: Gives/assists with daily hygiene to include: bathing, hair care, oral hygiene, personal grooming. Provides skin care, taking necessary skin breakdown precautions. Performs/assists with physical activity to include: re-positioning, ambulating, ROM, transfer techniques. Meets patients nutritional needs by: providing water, preparing patient for meals, checking and passing trays, assisting and feeding patients as needed, recording amount eaten, complying with dietary restrictions, assuring that snacks are delivered, consumed and recorded. Informs nurse if patient preference/needs are a concern. Collects specimens, performs vital signs and documents intake and output. Performs sit baths, postmortem care, ted hose and sequential application, K-pads, ice packs, binder application. Serves in a lead role for PI initiatives and encourages/supports employee involvement and teamwork for PI initiatives. Performs technical procedures and nursing interventions for which credentialing exists. Practices within the allowed policy Communicates closely with the patient’s primary nurse Maintains and monitors oxygen therapy Inserts and removes urinary catheters Discontinues intravenous therapy Performs nasopharyngeal suctioning Performs dressing changes Performs wound care and skin management interventions Conducts patient assessments and reviews with primary nurse Continuous passive range of motion Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections NG tube insertion and maintenance Educates patient and family in conjunction with primary nurse All clinical skills will be performed in conjunction with the mentoring nurse Notifies appropriate licensed nurse immediately of any noted changes in patient condition (changes in VS, level of consciousness, etc) or patient/family complaints and concerns. Documents activities related to patient care in the Medical Record and other designated forms. Documentation consistently reflects accuracy and appropriateness of care delivered. Aspects to be recorded include: vital signs, Intake & Output, labeling of specimens, completion of designated items on the Patient Data Base, % and type of meals, snacks eaten, and all interventions and assessments. Education Currently in a School of Nursing or an individual who has completed a nursing program but does not meet licensing requirements.
Work Experience Entry level role. No experience required.
Certification/License Not applicable Mental/Physical Requirements Considerable mental concentration required. Frequent, heavy lifting and turning activities and nearly constant walking required. Carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting and reaching.
Candidates must currently be enrolled in a School of Nursing or have completed a nursing program without yet meeting licensing requirements. This is an entry-level role requiring no prior experience but demanding significant physical stamina for lifting and walking.
